[Bf-gamedev] Unreal Engine-like Viewport Navigation (patch)

[Dalai Felinto]

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@Tanaku:

>  Is there any “movement falloff” when you let go of a directional key?

No, there is no movement falloff. To be honest I thought my computer
was lagging, so I didn't realize this was a feature in Unreal. On the
other hand, Unreal has a slow start of the movement, and I guess this
may be one of the reasons for the falloff implementation. What I did
instead was to start the movement right away (when accessing the
navigation via the arrows directly).

> Also, the patch didn’t mention if you implemented the mouse wheel to increase or decrease movement sensitivity or if it was being considered.

This was already implemented in Blender, so didn't come as something
new on the patch.

@Michael:

> Does this mean you implemented a keymap for the fly/walk-mode, or is this an entirely separate piece of code? It would be great if you could expose that to the user,  as currently it's hardcoded.

What exactly is hardcoded? The modal map is already exposed to the
user in Blender 'master'.

Thanks for the comments,
Dalai
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2014-11-14 6:41 GMT-02:00 Michael Knubben <michaelknubben at gmail.com>:
> Hey Dalai, looking good!
>
> Does this mean you implemented a keymap for the fly/walk-mode, or is this an
> entirely seperate piece of code? It would be great if you couldexpose that
> to the user,  as currently it's hardcoded.
>
> http://flickr.com/photos/michaelknubben/
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Takanu Kyriako <crocadillian at me.com> wrote:
>>
>> I can’t test it as I don't have my computer setup for custom Blender
>> builds (yet), but this looks pretty awesome.  Is there any “movement
>> falloff” when you let go of a directional key?  I couldn’t tell in the
>> video, and it makes the movement feel generally better, even if it’s
>> superfluous.  It’s been a while since I opened UE4 but I think the engine
>> has it?  I remember that being the reason why I'd fly through random
>> environments endlessly just for fun x_x.
>>
>> Also, the patch didn’t mention if you implemented the mouse wheel to
>> increase or decrease movement sensitivity or if it was being considered.
>> I’d consider this pretty important as the environment scale could be quite
>> different to the movement scale, so it becomes important to be able to
>> adjust it.  Just curious :3
>>
>> From: Dalai Felinto
>> Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎14‎ ‎November‎ ‎2014 ‎03‎:‎47
>> To: bf-gamedev at blender.org
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've implemented the viewport navigation of UDK (Unreal Engine, from
>> Epic) in Blender. It's built on top of the walk navigation system with
>> a custom keymap for the special mouse modes that are unique to unreal.
>>
>> If you are familiar with Unreal (or even if you are not) the patch and
>> more details are here: https://developer.blender.org/D897
>>
>> I also recorded a screencast to show the navigation, but it's hard to
>> convey in a video how well the system works:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u2mAHOBIXY&hd=1
>>
>> Feedback and comments are not only welcome but necessary ;)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dalai
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